Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 258-008
Date: Monday, June 14, 1971 at 7:15 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-008

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[0:04] Are you finished there, or are you still talking to Ronnie?
[0:08] Yeah, yeah.
[0:08] Are you going out of here, or are you doing away?
[0:10] Yeah, you better go.
[0:13] You better go.
[0:13] It's nothing that I'm not.
[0:16] I always was fine.
[0:19] Did Higg talk to you a little about my, uh, the week coming up, or did he talk to Bucker about the...
[0:26] One view is that at this point, if he's a hit, it might hurt him.
[0:29] And frankly, there's nothing in for us.
[0:32] There's not enough in for us.
[0:33] Yeah.
[0:33] I think you could just tell Bill that.
[0:44] So you're not, but also the whole idea of these, they're going on top of your publicity and so forth, is that you just want to discuss them.
[0:57] I can get all of our people to vote along.
[1:07] I think Petula's going to have to, in order to avoid believing the action, he's going to have to go to many times.
[1:14] Great.
[1:16] I'm going to put the times on notice, then, too.
[1:19] I understand they'll raise hell, freedom of the press, and all that, but, too...
[1:26] I may not soon.
[1:27] Okay, well, I'll... You tend to take the same view.
[1:33] I'm sorry, why don't you drop over here and I've got a call for you.